Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings on Philadelphia county's plan to preserve election integrity, voter confidence and participation, and public safety on Election Day especially amid worries of the federal government's potential deployment of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to polling locations.

Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings on Philadelphia county’s plan to preserve election integrity, voter confidence and participation, and public safety on Election Day especially amid worries of the federal government’s potential deployment of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to polling locations. WHEREAS, Ongoing calls at a federal level to nationalize elections, strip states and counties of their rights to administer elections, and pass legislation detrimental to voting rights in this country have caused great concern among Philadelphians about the security of local elections and their safety exercising their constitutional right to vote; and WHEREAS, Amid yet another government shutdown due to the 119th Congress’s inability to pass a fiscally responsible budget, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been deployed to airports and transit hubs throughout the United States for no clear reason or stated purpose, causing travelers much distress and exacerbating delays; and WHEREAS, Despite the Department of Homeland Security stating that the agency does not plan on deploying ICE agents to polling locations during the midterms, immense skepticism among elected leaders, residents, and advocates remains due to historic distrust in the current administration and recent deployments to airports and other civic spaces like courthouses; and WHEREAS, The potential presence of ICE agents at polling locations represents an uneq…